Curtain-support for automobiles



G.v W. SCOTT.

CURTAIN SUPPORT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION HLEDFEB. 20, I920.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Guam,

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE w. scoir'r, or CLEVELAND, 01x10,

CURTAIN-SUPPORT IIFOR AUTOMOBILES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEoR'or. W. Soon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Supports for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain supports for automobiles, and more particularly to supports for attaching curtains to the doors of the machine so that the curtains will open and close with the doors.

The object of the invention is to provide a support which will be simple in construction, quickly and readily applied to the door and which will embody adjustable features which will enable the parts of the support to be rigidly clamped together.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an inside view of a portion of an automobile body and one of its doors, the door being partly broken away, showing my improved support applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the door and suport. p Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the socket which is attached to the door.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the clamp and its shank, showing a portion of a hexagonal supporting rod clamped therein.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 1 represents a portion of the vehicle body, 2 the frame of the door, 3 the outer metal panel of the door, 4 the inner covering of leather and 5 the metal strip which covers the top edge of the door. Se-

cured to the inside of the frame 2 at a convenient point removed from the front edge of the door is a metallic socket 6, the attaching means being preferably screws, which extend through the openings 8 in the socket and serve also to secure in position a metallic strap 9 bent to form in effect a continuation of the socket. This socket receives a tapered shank 10, the upper end of which is formed with a circular opening 11 and is bifurcated or split from the opening to the upper end thereof as indicated at 12, one of the bifurcated portions being threaded to receive a screw or bolt 13. A vertically-arranged polygonal rod 14, preferably of hexagonal form, has its lower end bent at right angles horizontally in a rearward direction as indicated" at :15, and thence laterally at rightangles to the bent portion 15, as indicated at 16, the lateral portion 16 being received in the opening 11 and clamped therein by the bolt 13, the portion 16 of the rod being so positioned that one of the vertices thereof w11l coincide with the split 12 of the shank. By forming the rod of hexagonal shape, or other form with a plurality of sides, the vertices formed by the sides will dig into the metal of the walls of the opening 11 and thus enable the rod to be firmly clamped to position.

The curtain which is represented by 17 is secured in the usual way along its rear edge 1n the usual way by buttons and has its forward edge formed with the usual pocket to receive the vertical portion 14 of the rod. In the commercial use of curtain supports 1t is always necessary to furnish a right hand and left hand support, viz., a curtain support to be used on the door on the right hand side of the automobile and one for the left hand side. In my improved construction the rod can be used for either side and it is only necessary for the constructor to bend the rod 14 in a way that will adapt it for the door upon which it is intended to be used. For this reason the rods are shipped unbent except as to the horizontal portion indicated at 16 and whether the rod shall be used for the right hand side door or the left hand side door determines in which direction the part 14 shall be bent. Assuming that Fig. 2 shows the parts adapted for a door on the left handside of the automobile it is apparent that if the part 14 is bent in the opposite direction, the rodwill then be adapt ed for use for a door on the right hand side. As above mentioned, the rod in cross-section is of even-sided polygonal form, the rod being so bent that a vertex of the polygon is in line with the split portion 12 of the shank and it is apparent that Whichever way the part 14 is bent the rod will always be inserted so that a vertex will assume the posi tion shown in Fig. 5. As a consequence of this when the screw is tightened the gripping force of the split portions of the shank tends to force the rod 16 downwardly and cause an effective biting of the vertex on the under side of the rod against the wall of the opening and by this arrangement there is an improved ac ion of th P t specification of Letters Patent. Patented Se t; 20 1921 Application and February 20, 1920-. Serial no. 360,087.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a support of the character described, the combination with a hinged door and a curtain, of a curtain support consisting of a socket member secured to said door, a

.polygonal-shaped rod having corners, the

said support and rod being interchangeable as right and left hand members for the door, said rod having a part projecting laterally over the top edge of said door and a vertical part with an offset part between said first-mentioned parts, said rod being bendable for adapting same as a right or left hand rod, a shank projecting within said 15 socket member, an engaging member on the shank, and means for clamping said engaging member against the corners of said rod in the various positions assumed by said rod for the'purpose specified. g

' In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of February,o1920. j

' GEORGE W. SCOTT. Witnesses: c

HOWARD OoG N, "GEO, O. RoMosER, Jr. 

